Bruce Pavitt

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

— Bruce Pavitt

Music careerists from Seattle would typically move to the closest media center, which was L.A.

— Bruce Pavitt

There's no school you can go to where you can study how to run a record label. Every day was a learning…

— Bruce Pavitt

The idea of having an indie rock "career" while living in a remote backwater like Seattle was too ridiculous to contemplate. It…

— Bruce Pavitt

I can fully understand [that] artists want to be able to pay their bills. As a fan of art, and art as…

— Bruce Pavitt

I love the dynamic contrast between the spontaneous shots and the more formal, pro-rock-star photos.

— Bruce Pavitt

I was a history major in school. I review the past a lot and think about music history and how culture unfolds.

— Bruce Pavitt

I had no real photography experience, thankfully. I consciously took a lot of crowd shots. I was influenced by Seattle photographer Charles…

— Bruce Pavitt

Indie rock is very healthy, there's a lot of diversity and a lot of creativity, but it does not have the revolutionary…

— Bruce Pavitt

I think in times of crisis it's the artists' responsibility to dig a little deeper.

— Bruce Pavitt

I think so much of our society is geared towards mainstream media and pop culture and so forth. And there's a huge…

— Bruce Pavitt